[12][7] Reynolds was born in Elmira, New York and had previously edited the Detroit Free Press and The Nebraska City News along with founding several newspapers across the Midwest.

[15] The original name of the paper was The Sun, and it published weekly,[16] though its masthead changed several times.

Almost immediately after founding the paper, in August 1871,[7][8] Perry sold his stake in the newspaper for unknown reasons.

[15][17] Due to Perry not selling his share in the paper to him, Reynolds worked with multiple different co-owners, though none for more than two years.

He would also regularly write guest column for newspapers under the alias Kicking Bird[13][14] Lusk was a prominent community member in Parsons, having become postmaster of the city.

[8] After his death the Topeka State Journal called Lusk the best newspaper man in the southeast (Kansas).

[25][26] A prominent player in Kansas politics, Allen lived in Wichita in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

[7][29] Allen sold his majority stake in the paper in 1914 to Clyde Reed, a close acquaintance, and would go on to become Governor of Kansas.

[32] The same year he lost is election bid and a brutal blizzard descended on the Great Plains and North West, killing 33 people and delivering snow drifts 3–8 times what was considered normal.

[34] During this blizzard, power was cut to the Parsons Sun, rendering it unable to publish the paper.

In response, the railroad ran a power cable to The Parson's Sun from the train depot so that they could print their newspaper in a timely manner.

He stopped both the Ammunition plant and the Katy railroad from leaving the city, though injunctions from the federal government and judiciary, respectfully.

The Sun was sold in March 1982 up to Harris Enterprises, a Kansas newspaper chain based in Hutchinson.

The Parsons Sun won the case, as Redmond failed to prove any damages whatsoever.

In 2023, Kansas Newspapers LLC sold the paper to Montgomery Media Group, who then changed the publishing from five days a week to twice-weekly.